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Rowan County · North Carolina · United States

What trades pay in Rowan County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Rowan County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,074 Median weekly pay across these 25 trades. $2,426 — $329.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 18 businesses · 190 employees$2,426$126,156 a year+9.3%up
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 36 businesses · 157 employees$1,613$83,886 a year
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 56 businesses · 600 employees$1,523$79,173 a year+2.4%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 21 businesses · 184 employees$1,459$75,881 a year+2.1%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 7 businesses · 427 employees$1,376$71,564 a year+3.3%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 63 businesses · 474 employees$1,360$70,703 a year-12.0%down
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 44 businesses · 334 employees$1,312$68,198 a year+6.1%up
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 15 businesses · 145 employees$1,262$65,638 a year+12.0%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 128 businesses · 1,260 employees$1,221$63,510 a year+6.3%up
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 6 businesses · 95 employees$1,197$62,245 a year-2.6%down
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 29 businesses · 107 employees$1,159$60,263 a year+6.7%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 101 businesses · 238 employees$1,091$56,752 a year+10.9%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 62 businesses · 264 employees$1,074$55,872 a year+2.3%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 56 businesses · 55 employees$983$51,104 a year+13.1%up
Solid waste collectionNAICS 562111 · 8 businesses · 220 employees$943$49,014 a year
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 10 businesses · 653 employees$917$47,668 a year+7.6%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 16 businesses · 83 employees$883$45,927 a year-4.7%down
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 14 businesses · 474 employees$803$41,760 a year+2.6%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 65 businesses · 364 employees$777$40,422 a year+3.2%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 19 businesses · 232 employees$655$34,058 a year+7.0%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 23 businesses · 43 employees$641$33,332 a year-57.9%down
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 18 businesses · 69 employees$514$26,730 a year+0.8%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 111 businesses · 1,927 employees$441$22,958 a year+4.3%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 84 businesses · 1,701 employees$398$20,674 a year+1.8%up
Snack and coffee shopsNAICS 722515 · 28 businesses · 300 employees$329$17,096 a year+0.9%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses10,827
Employees156,465
Annual payroll$8 M
Net movement of people+2,003People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Rowan County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in North Carolina

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Rowan County?
Across the 25 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,074 a week. The highest pays $2,426 and the lowest $329.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Rowan County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.